a reservoir of Indian thesesa reservoir of Indian theses

https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/

Information and Library Network CentreGandhinagar, Gujarat

Three Days Advanced Training Programme on

Shodhganga and Plagiarism Issues

th st29 November – 1 December, 2021

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About Shodhganga

The technology being a driving force in the contemporary education system, the Centre has taken-up a number of initiatives for

the benefit of the academic community in India. These initiatives include i) IndCat, a unified online catalogue of books, theses and

journals available in major university libraries in India; ii) SOUL 2.0, state-of-the-art integrated library management software; iii)

e-Shodh Sindhu for extending access to selected scholarly electronic journals and databases to eligible universities, centrally-

funded technical institutions and colleges in different disciplines; iv) Shodhganga for enabling online submission of doctoral

theses and dissertations by research scholars in an open access digital repository; v) Shodhgangotri for facilitating research

scholars to submit approved synopsis of research proposals submitted to their universities; vi) Open Journals Access System

(OJAS) to facilitate faculty and researchers in Indian universities to launch their open access journals on OJAS platform; vii)

InfoPort: INFLIBNET’s Subject Gateway for Indian Electronic Resources; viii) e-PG Pathshala, a project assigned to the UGC by

NME-ICT, wherein e-content are being developed in 77 subjects at postgraduate level; ix) VIDWAN, a premier database of profiles

of scientists and faculty members working in leading academic institutions and other R & D organisations involved in teaching and

research in India; x) e-Acharya - an Integrated e-content portal: a web-based portal consisting of all e-content with funding from

NME-ICT, MHRD; xi) ICSSR Data Service: Social Science Data Repository for setting up of repository and hosting of NSS and ASI

datasets into the data repository; and xii) National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), a project assigned by MHRD for

ranking institutions of higher education across the country.

The Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of the University Grants

Commission (UGC) located in the Infocity, Gandhinagar. Major activities and services of the Centre are geared towards

modernization of academic libraries and information centres, promotion of information transfer and access, support scholarship,

learning and academic pursuits. The Centre acts as a nodal agency for networking of libraries and information centres in

universities, institutions of higher learning and R & D institutions in India. The Centre was established as an independent

autonomous Inter-University Centre of the UGC in May 1996 and set out to be a major player for promoting scholarly

communication among academicians and researchers across the country.

Objective

The main objective of this Workshop is to enable the participants to impart knowledge on creating and managing the Institutional

repositories. The Workshop includes lectures as well as extensive “hands-on” training, so as to provide both theoretical base and

practical skills to the participants. The Workshop will present comprehensive overview of Shodhganga to provide opportunity to

About INFLIBNET

Electronic Electronic Theses and Dissertations are primary sources of research materials that originates from doctoral

theses/dissertations submitted to the universities for award of Ph.D. As per UGC Notification (Minimum Standards & Procedure

for Award of M.Phil./PhD Degree, Regulation, 2009/2016) it is mandatory to submit electronic version of theses and dissertations

by the researchers in universities into a national repository with an aim to facilitate open access to Indian theses and dissertations

to the academic community world- wide. Universities are requested to host soft copy of the theses awarded by the universities

into a central repository i.e. Shodhganga. Since 2010 January, the number of theses has grown progressively and the repository

has reached about 3,27,336+ theses in November, 2021 from 500+ universities and 600+ universities have signed MoU for joining

which makes Shodhganga the largest repository of PhD theses in India. This target is achieved by the immense contribution of

research scholars, supervisors, librarians, research cells and other university officials. This training program is aimed at enhancing

the quality of Shodhganga Repository and deliberates on various parameters effecting the creation and maintenance of

Shodhganga at national level.

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the participants to exchange ideas and enrich their respective programmes on digital repositories and to formulate policies based

on the input and discussions of experts for deterring plagiarism in academic sector.

v An overview of national and international ETDs including Shodhganga, for basic introduction, features and use;

Topics for Discussions

v Introduction to DSpace and building IR;

v Technical issues related to ETD implementation and digitisation;

v Theses submission in Shodhganga and hands on;

v Browse, Search and Download: Use and Usage;

v Hands on for using Anti Plagiarism Software URKUND (Ouriginal) and uploading of theses.

The resource persons are eminent IT / Computer / LIS Scientists / professionals and experts of the country.

Target Group

Pre-requisite

Participants should be conversant with basic ICT terminologies, should possess basic knowledge in web browsing and Internet.

Duration: Three Days

The expected audience will include University Coordinator (UCs) of Shodhganga, University Librarians, Ph.D Holders, Research

Supervisors/Scholars, and Students working in the area of electronic theses and dissertations and, more broadly, open access and

digital repositories.

Three days workshop includes the theory and practical in 2-4 sessions in a day.

The Workshop will be conducted at Information and Library Network Centre, An IUC of University Grants Commission, Infocity,

Gandhinagar-382007, Gujarat, India.

The registration fee is Rs. 3,540.00 (Rupees Three Thousand Five Hundred Forty only) per person without accommodation

inclusive of GST rates and Rs. 6,540.00 (Rupees Six Thousand Five Hundred Forty Only) with accommodation (single seater). It

covers the cost of a training programme kit containing training materials, breakfast, lunch and dinner during the training period.

Workshop Fee

Venue

v Metadata for ETDs;

v Anti-Plagiarism: Policy and products;

v Introduction to ShodhShuddhi;

v Use of Anti-Plagiarism Tool/Software for qualitative research output; and

Resource Persons

v Roles and responsibilities of University Coordinators (UC);

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